Project Information
Musical Plates is an Internet-based multidisciplinary
project which will enrich a student's learning experience through "Unique
and Compelling" applications of instructional technology. In particular,
this project taps into some of the exciting applications of the Internet
in education by having students access real time earthquake data, interact
with experts online, and publish their own work to the project web site.

Musical Plates has four Core Activities that will teach students how to
access and interpret Real-Time earthquake and volcano data and to how use
the information to solve a real world problem. Each of the core activities
is designed to be used in a 45 minute class period, although this may
depend on the grade level of your students. Additionally, students
will need a small amount of class time (approximately 5 minutes) every day
for a couple of weeks to record current earthquakes.

It is recommended that students go through the lessons in order,
beginning with the Preliminary Activity: Read the Story! before continuing
on to the online activities. The Teacher Guide section contains lesson plans for the
Core Activities, as well as for supplemental and enrichment lessons. It is
also recommended that you review each of the lessons carefully and use
your judgment for allocating the appropriate amount of class time for the
project.

Additionally, you may need to download the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader if you have not done so already to access some pages
that are stored in .pdf format.